March 24, 2006
On charter change
MBSL favors specific amendments
City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim underscored the need to explain thoroughly to the people what proposed parliamentary-unicameral form of government is while noting that he favors amending some provisions of the present constitution, but not the entire charter.
Lim explained his stand, along with representatives of barangays and various sectors on the proposal to shift the Philippine government from a presidential form to a parliamentary-unicameral system during a forum on charter amendment initiated by the Advocacy Commission held at the City Museum on March 22.
“I personally believe that a change on some provisions of the charter has to be done. However, the proposal to change the system of government has to be explained to the people,” Lim stated even as he suggested having a separate forum in a form of debate to better determine the pros and cons of a parliamentary form of government.
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Modern timekeeping machine for city hall employees set to start next week
All offices of the Dagupan City hall under the executive division will start recording their attendance through the biometric timekeeping system next week.
“Biometric-based timekeeping is a more effective and accurate way of monitoring the attendance of our employees, because it recognizes only fingerprints of every employee and transmits information to a database of a computer,” City administrator Rafael Baraan said.
Baraan pointed out that because of the implementation of the biometrics, the whereabouts of the fieldworkers and the legitimacy of their field works can be verified since they will be required to submit certain requirements.
Based on the general guidelines for the use of the biometric timekeeping machine, all city hall employees shall render not less than 8 hours of work per day for five days for a total of 40 hours of work per week.
There shall be four clusters to address the distinct needs of employees namely: Cluster A, for technical/office staff who comes to work on a regular basis; Cluster B, for fieldwork personnel who are assigned on the field; Cluster B2, for field work personnel on rotation basis; and Cluster C, for work shift personnel who are working on time shifts.
All technical and office staffers are directed to strictly observe the office hours from 8 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. A grace period of 15 minutes in timing in is given to the employees. After 15 minutes, the employee shall be considered late.
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Behold, Team Dagupan!
City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim and city administrator Rafael Baraan lead department heads and key personnel of the city government as they join hands as a symbol of sincere unity and cooperation during a two-day Team Building workshop held at Assumption Sabbath Place, Crystal Cave, Baguio City on March 9 to 10.Through the fun-filled yet emotion-packed activity, the city executives developed a stronger inter-department communication and relationship with one another. (CIO Photo by Mel Zulueta)
City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim and Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez receive a token from Santiago City Mayor Amelita Navarro and city administrator Danilo Vergara during the lakbay aral of Santiago City delegation to Dagupan City on March 11. The delegation toured various places in Dagupan, such as the Leisure Coast, Malimgas Market, One-Stop Business Center and the mayor’s office. (CIO Photo by Edwin Palaganas).
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